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It must be one of the worst-kept secrets in football: Timo Werner would like to sign for Liverpool.

You can go back as far as June 2018 for the first time the Red Bull Leipzig striker started making overtures to Jurgen Klopp.

Back then, after seeing his team-mate make the move to Anfield, Werner said: “To become a world class player, I probably have to play at club level for an even better team. I want that to be honest. Naby Keita has not become world class with us – he may now be with Liverpool. In order to become world class, you have to play in the big teams and then play big games like the final or semi-final of the Champions League.”

But it was the start of this year that Werner started dropping bigger and bigger hints.

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On February 3 he talked of his admiration of the Premier League before going further on February 19 and 20 when he called ‘Liverpool the best team in the world’, and spoke of how ‘proud’ he was to be linked with the Reds, before labelling Jurgen Klopp as the ‘best coach in the world’.

Since then? Silence, understandably, given the suspension of the Bundesliga, Premier League and most competitions around the world.

But the expected shift in landscape could ultimately prove of benefit to the Reds. It will, at least for the top clubs, become more of a buyer’s market. And rather than looking to cash in on any of their star names, Liverpool are expected to be far busier with incomings during the next transfer window than 12 months ago.

Klopp, Michael Edwards and the recruitment team will already have their targets and work will have begun towards acquiring reinforcements.

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Klopp is a known admirer of Werner and, on February 28, he was asked directly about the comments made by his compatriot, stating: “We have nothing to say about it really. But I prefer that when players speak about us they are positive rather than saying, ‘That is the last club that I would ever go to!’

But the question Klopp and Edwards must now answer is whether this is the right time to sign Werner, who is believed to have a release clause into his contract ranging anywhere from £30m-£50m.

And if they do, where would the German international fit into a forward unit, comprising Sadio Mane, Roberto Firmino and Mohamed Salah, which is arguably the best in world football?

We take a look in a special Blood Red video, which you can watch at the top of this page.